Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

I really wanted to attend the " Social Networks Friend for Foe? "at who gave the keynote speech at UC Berkeley’s conference on law, ethics and technology, “ Social Networks: Friends or Foes? ,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. Fortunately, my colleague, Aspen Baker, was attending.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

In particular, he reflected on five strategic uses of the internet which, when combined intelligently, have influenced the actions of the entire US Congress. Transparent scorecard reporting: After aggregating a "grade" for each policy maker, publish it on the Internet, with all relevant substantiating information.

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MARCH 6, 2011

The Internet can serve as a gateway to online and offline civic and political engagement, including volunteerism, community problem-solving, and protest activity.&#. Youth engagement in interest-driven online communities was associated with increased volunteer and charity work and in increased work with others on community issues.

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MARCH 27, 2009

He told me that a few months ago, they'd set up a social networking hub on Ning for friends and constituents of the organization to connect with each other. Tags: Online Activism Online Recruitment Social Networking Software Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 " read more. Tools Web 2.0 Tools Web Building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits. now hear from homegrown social networks and what they have to offer local nonprofits. The majority of the room had experience in social networking sites and tools, both personally and for their organization. All live blogging disclaimers apply.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2009

to share some of what I believe is the core of successful community building (on or offline). Others see it as specifically applying to online community spaces, like a social networking site. That the Internet is a huge community of people looking to connect with others like them to form smaller, more specific communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

Before social networks and the Internet, it was fairly easy to put clear boundaries between work and personal lives – it was pretty black and white Public/Private and Personal/Professional. It’s one of the realities of living in a networked world – and as much as it makes us feel uncomfortable – we have to accept it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2011

As she says, “ Go one way, and you risk overstating the influence, go the other and you’re dismissed as assuming individuals in the Arab world incapable of leveraging social media tools for organizing.&#. From Crisis Mapping Egypt: Collection of Maps.

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APRIL 30, 2018

It’s no secret that more and more people, especially more recent younger alumni, prefer online communication, so it is crucial that alumni are easily able to interact with their alma mater through the internet, including for fundraising purposes. Data-driven direct marketing campaigns.

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Everyaction

APRIL 30, 2018

It’s no secret that more and more people, especially more recent younger alumni, prefer online communication, so it is crucial that alumni are easily able to interact with their alma mater through the internet, including for fundraising purposes. Data-driven direct marketing campaigns.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I blogged earlier this year about research that indicates very strongly we’ve replicated our offline social barriers and segmentation in our online social networking platforms. ( Visit danah boyd’s website for more information and research on this topic.)

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I blogged earlier this year about research that indicates very strongly we’ve replicated our offline social barriers and segmentation in our online social networking platforms. ( Visit danah boyd’s website for more information and research on this topic.)

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AUGUST 1, 2012

A recent study finds that 73 percent of Internet users in Europe use social networks. In the United States, 66 percent of Internet users are on social networks. The power of technology and social media to create change is real as evidenced by movements like the Arab Spring.

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APRIL 21, 2011

Or are you reaching supporters through the latest channels that also includes email, social networks, mobile, DRTV (direct mail TV), and a robust website that is action driven and has optimized donation pages and donation flow ? Take a look at the graph below based on Target Analytics Internet donorCentrics data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

At Monitor Institute we are interested in “emerging practices” in the social sector—including new more networked ways of working. called “ Breaking New Ground: Using the Internet to Scale ,” by myself and Katherine Fulton. Like many nonprofits working in more networked ways, KaBOOM! And the results have been impressive.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2010

NetSquared works online and offline to connect the global community at the intersection of technology and social change. Offline, we take things local! Tags: Online Activism Running Your Organization Social Networking Spotlight Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 Read on and learn how to get involved.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Baker presented an engaging and dynamic presentation which emphasized the symbiotic relationship of both online and offline engagement, the power of both to create community, encourage activism, develop branding, and unify those with common goals, both locally and globally. The key concepts behind this are activism and self-organization.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

For the past 60 or so years, and especially since the advent of the internet, social capital —interpersonal relationships and networks—has become increasingly crucial. Let the brand you’ve created for yourself inform every decision you make, online and offline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

For 2011, my three words are: Seek, Sense, and Share inspired by Harold Jarche’s model for networked learning. How these words will guide me in 2011: Seek: Seeking is the process of keeping up to date in your field. Sense: Sensing is making sense of the information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

It synthesizes his 30 years of experience if being a model digital citizen and what he has learned from asking other this simple question: How to use social media intelligently and mindfully? Lately, I have been working in far flung places which means long, very long airplane rides without Internet access!

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Tech Soup

JULY 21, 2009

Justin will be joining TechSoup at the July SF Online Community Report MeetUp to speak about lifestreaming, online video, and the online and offline community implications that video streaming presents. Tags: Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 Hope to see you there! Pacific time.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

And if you're not using an integrated approach, with email as part of that strategy, you're probably missing out on some huge opportunities to develop deeper engagement, identify superactivists and superconnectors, and use a network-centric approach to grow and cultivate your community more efficiently.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

1: Social media must be integrated with internet communications or program strategy. Begin with a communications and program assessment that helps you best determine where social media brings value, the objective, audience, and budget. And of course, you can use a spreadsheet to plan out your conversation starters!

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Care2

AUGUST 26, 2011

Using the Internet to Raise Funds and Build Donor Relationships: Tools, Tips and Techniques for Boosting Donations , a new handbook from Convio, will help your organization see the big picture and create effective strategies for long-term success.

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2013

Say good bye to "online fundraising" and "offline fundraising," there is only fundraising. Leads acquired online are often best nurtured through social networks and converted in the mail, or over the phone if you're after monthly donors. Direct mail donors give more if they are hearing from you via email and social networks.

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Care2

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Similar to offline fundraising, online fundraising is all about relationships. Use your website, in particular, and other Internet outposts as a way to build relationships with donors online. This compares to giving via giving portals and social networks, which starts lower and adds less to your fundraising bottom line over time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

I spent sometime reviewing what Planned Parenthood was doing on social networks as well as their online presence - so it was good to get the inside story. Over the past three years, Planned Parenthood has built an impressive Internet presence and social media strategy. Cecile Richards, president, paved the way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Do you think that people on social networking and media are just teens and college students? Saga, a social networking site for over 50 crowd launched last month according to this Guardian Article. Social networking isn't going to be for everyone, but the feedback so far has knocked our socks off."

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2011

Each month, the NetSquared community (a project of TechSoup Global) meets up offline at NetSquared Local events around the world to discuss ideas, meet new people, and work together to make social change. Recently, many of these NetSquared Local meetings are being streamed live on the Internet via livestream or online recording.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

At that time the Facebook Causes was only two months old and in their conclusion they pointed out that fundraising on social networks was not a silver bullet and that it takes time. . Steve MacLaughlin points out "If the reason why you want to use social networks is just to raise money, then stop now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

This year I took off a full two weeks during the holiday, spending time with family on the Big Island on a coffee farm and mostly offline. Networked Leadership and Learning Skills: Okay, that isn’t one word, but I couldn’t capture this idea in one word. I also gave a plenary talk at AFP in San Antonio, Texas.

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JUNE 5, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Internet users, or 72.5% of our population, according to Nielsen/NetRatings.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The growth of social media and the rapid adoption of internet-enabled mobile devices have changed the way Americans engage in the political process. If you are looking to squeeze in a few events this week, check out my top 5 must attend events. Digital Politics, Wednesday, February 20th.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites. More and more, now we can.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Note from Beth: The long anticipated social network site for social change, Jumo , launched. What also becomes clear very quickly is that organizations that have embraced the use of social media get a lot more leverage on Jumo. Here’s the article from today’s New York Times. So What and Who Cares.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Maura Thomas , a speaker and trainer on productivity for nonprofits and author of Personal Productivity Secrets , explains personal productivity is not time management, a 20th century idea that has outlived its usefulness in a world of email and social networks. It is all about managing your attention.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1. Email still gets a good response - if it will best help you reach your desired output, don’t feel obligated to short change your capacity there to try to use social networking or something else. Helpful resources on Twitter: Pew Internet report.

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